How Much Does a Travel Trailer Weigh? Empty and Rated Weight, Tongue Load, Cargo Capacity and Dimensions of 130 Current Floor Plans, with US Travel Trailer Shipments from RV Industry Association Data, 2016–2025

Travel-trailer weight is quoted in several incompatible ways and no official statistic summarises it. We collect the specifications of 130 current (model year 2026–2027) conventional travel-trailer floor plans in 26 product lines from five US makers and compute unweighted averages. The average floor plan weighed 5,767 lb (2,616 kg) empty and was rated for a maximum loaded weight (GVWR) of 7,442 lb, leaving an average cargo allowance of 1,675 lb, of which a full 47.1-gallon fresh-water tank takes about 393 lb. Empty weights ranged from 2,515 to 10,530 lb. Across 128 floor plans with a stated overall length, averaging 27.5 ft, weight rose by 298.6 lb per foot (correlation 0.936), about 3,000 lb per 10 ft, while cargo capacity levelled off at about 1,900 lb above 24 ft. Empty tongue weight averaged 704 lb, 12.1% of dry weight. At full GVWR, a 7,500-lb tow rating covered 64 of the 130 floor plans and a 10,000-lb rating 115. The average floor plan stood 10 ft 7 in tall with its roof air conditioner, 34.8 in below a 13 ft 6 in state height limit; 86 of 130 bodies were exactly 96 in wide, within the 102-in federal width limit, and floor plans with slide-outs opened to 135.9 in on average. Makers shipped 232,530 conventional travel trailers to dealers in 2025, 67.9% of all RVs, 45.1% below the 2021 peak of 423,775, and 69.16% of them had slide-outs.